drisheen

/ (drɪˈʃiːn) /

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noun

Irish a pudding made of sheep's intestines filled with meal and sheep's blood

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Word Origin for drisheen

C20: from Irish Gaelic drisín an animal's intestines

Words nearby drisheen

dripping, dripping pan, drippy, dripstone, dript, drisheen, drivability, drivage, drive, drive a hard bargain, drive a nail into one's coffin

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How to use drisheen in a sentence

I should observe that a recent reviewer of one of my books states that drisheen is also made in Waterford.
English As We Speak It in Ireland|P. W. Joyce